siput sedut or cerithidea obtusa stuck on mud deep at the sungei banks,sucking fresh filtrate, as and when therush flows through this pulau Semakau,growing from the memory of swamps, paddies,bending in nakedness at receding cover,crawling up the cavernous bark andleaping back into the mud, all thiscreeping to avoid the lost prying andforaging, watching the violenttonguing… Continue reading Jonathan Chan
Author: Jonathan Chan
is a writer and editor of poems and essays. Born in New York to a Malaysian father and South Korean mother, he was raised in Singapore and educated at Cambridge and Yale Universities. He is the author of the poetry collection going home (Landmark, 2022). He has recently been moved by the work of Lucille Clifton, Christian Wiman, and Wong May. He has an abiding interest in faith, identity, and creative expression. More at jonbcy.wordpress.com